On the stormy days of August 1941 in Moscow, motorcycle hill climbing competitions took place in the Lenin Mountains.
The winner is in the photo: Muscovite Ravil Gubaidulin.
Motorcycle: Custom Made BMW R-51.
In 1948, a postage stamp was issued based on this photograph.
According to the materials of Oleg Nekrasov.
A picture (there are more!) from the MOMU Motor Sports Museum archives of our earlier motocross – a real survival course compared to very fast rides on most of today’s hard tracks.
source: MOMU Motor Sports Museum, Сергей Пашацкий, Arno Sillat
The crew Sergey Shcherbinin / Sergey Lyzhin.
Cross 900 motorcycle.
Highway in Irbit (village of Melnikovo). 1981.
source: USSR Sportsbikes
Boris Leonidovich Dinaburg
Boris Leonidovich Dinaburg recently passed away (27.03.1940 – 15.10.2022).
He was born in Kostroma, lived in Kovrov and Vladimir.
Attained Master of Sports of the USSR.
Two-time USSR champion in multi-day moto racing, winner of FIM gold medals.
Motocross of Nations medalist, participant of the individual World Championship stages.
Winner of the USSR Championship and 4-time winner of winter motocross in Kovrov.
Rest in peace.
source: Andrey Spitsyn USSR Sportsbikes
Luule Tuul
A most serious anniversary is celebrated by Luule Tuul.
She is from Estonia.
The Master of Sports of the USSR.
21-time USSR champion in highway and ring moto racing (1966-1991). Holder of 7 silver and 3 bronze medals. 42-time Estonian champion.
LET LIFE OPEN THE FULL CUP OF HAPPINESS…
LET ANY QUESTION BE ANSWERED.
MAY YOU LIVE A LONG LIFE! SMILE MORE OFTEN!
AND THE REST IS HUSTLE BUSTLE!!! – Лина Гизатулина
source: Andrey Spitsyn
And who remembers the racetrack in Pirita and how motorcycle races were held there, and even with sidecars. Very spectacular!
source: Sergej Lauzis, Олег Керик
The structure of the participants of the first motorcycle race of the Sports Society “Labor Reserves” on the route Moscow-Podolsk-Moscow.
Moscow, 1943.
From the archive of Olympiad Zikeeva.
source: Andrey Spitsyn USSR Sportsbikes
The first motorcycle races in Serpukhov near Moscow took place in the summer of 1936. It was a linear race 1 kilometer from the start, from the start the race was to set speed records. The start was given in the village of Novye Kuzmenki go Serpukhov (there is now a shop in this place). The racers started one or two and raced towards Moscow. They finished outside the village of Volosovo (now it’s Go Chekhov) at the airport turn. There used to be a sculpture of a moose. By the way, spectators standing by the highway prevented the forest giants (not rare then) from going out on the road. Participant camp was at the airfield.
The main judge of the motoraces was the renowned pilot Valery Pavlovich Chkalov, who at that time was just perfecting the bombing skills at the Serpukhov Aviation School.
According to the materials of the newspaper “Vybiray” and memories .
Photo from the Zikeeva Olympiad archive.
source: Andrey Spitsyn
Ice speedway is a developed form of motorcycle speedway racing, featuring racing on frozen surfaces. The sport uses bikes enhanced for the terrain. Participants can compete at international level.
The majority of Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme sanctioned team and individual meetings are held in Russia, Sweden and Finland, but events are also held in the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, and occasionally other countries. Countries that dominated and won the majority of titles in Individual Ice Racing World Championship (held since 1966) and Team Ice Racing World Championship (held since 1979) were the USSR and since 1991—Russia.
Nikolay Krasnikov is a Russian twenty times ice speedway world champion. Krasnikov won eight consecutive Individual Ice Speedway World Championship titles from 2005 until 2012 and twelve Team Ice Racing World Championship titles with Russia from 2004 until 2016. He is regarded as one of the leading ice speedway riders of all-time.
photo: Krzysztof Węgrzwieniecki
Just something to look at, A spectacular moment frozen in time.
source: Oleg Poduzov